Namibia

Indian sprinter Dutee Chand continued her disappointing run at the Olympics as she failed to qualify for the women's 200m semifinals after finishing last in her heat here on Monday. Dutee registered a season's best timing of 23.85 seconds to finish seventh and last in Heat 4 which was topped…

TOKYO (AP) — The complex testosterone regulations in track and field have become an issue again at the Olympics after Namibian teenager Christine Mboma won a silver medal in the 200 meters after being banned from some other events because of her natural hormone levels. Mboma was one of two…

The year 2021 has not brought any respite to Namibia from the tragedy and hardship that befell the nation through the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, things have gotten worse and everyone is just battling to stay alive and trying to manage with the assets, resources and infrastructure that is available.…

Credit extended to the private sector moderated to 2.6% in June 2021 from 2.7% a month earlier, according the Bank of Namibia. Credit growth continues to be driven mainly by households, which saw a flat annual credit growth of 4% in June. The biggest contributors to this were overdrafts, slowing…

While Namibia is celebrating the silver medal won by teen athlete Christine Mbona at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, some friends and family of Special Olympics double gold medal winner Ruben //Gowaseb are saying he has been unfairly treated as one of the country's sport heroes. Fans and family…

CHRISTINE Mboma made history when she finished second in the women's 200m final to become Namibia's first female athlete to win a medal at the Olympic Games. Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica won gold in 21,53 seconds, while Mboma won silver in a new Namibian and under 20 world record time…

Germany's Government has for the first time officially recognised that colonial forces committed genocide in Namibia in the early 20th century. Photo / AP German's colonial forces committed genocide in Namibia in the early 20th century, the Government officially recognised for the first time on Friday. Heiko Maas, the foreign…

Photo Illustration by The Globe and Mail (source: iStockphoto) Standing still and silent, leaning forward and softly lifting a leg in the air, the savannah elephants of Namibia use their highly sensitive feet to detect seismic vibrations and low-frequency rumbles from many kilometres away: distress calls, predator alarms, navigation signals.…

World 2 Jun, 2021 08:17 PM3 minutes to read Skulls of Ovaherero and Nama people are displayed during a devotion attended by representatives of the tribes from Namibia in Berlin, Germany. Photo / AP Namibian tribes have rejected Germany's "offensive" offer of €1.1 billion ($1.86b) in recognition of an early…

Listen on iTunes  The total assets invested in South African collective investment schemes (CIS) ended the first quarter of 2021 at a record R2.9trn, but most of this money went into fixed interest funds – which means investors lost out on stock market gains. Sunette Mulder, Association for Savings and Investment…